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| Bill | Absentee voting; emergency absentee voting by and late applications for persons hospitalized. | Absentee voting; emergency absentee voting byand late applications for persons hospitalized; definition of hospital.Amends the definition of hospital, for purposes of emergency absenteevoting by or late absentee ballot applications for persons who havebeen hospitalized, so that it is not limited to hospitals in Virginia,the District of Columbia, or a state contiguous to Virginia. Thebill also removes the requirement that a person submitting a lateabsentee ballot application due to the hospitalization of himselfor a member of his immediate family or to the death of a member ofhis immediate family must be absent from his county or city on electionday in order to be eligible for the late absentee ballot application. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 859 | Virginia SB 859 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 859 (2020) — Absentee voting; emergency absentee voting by and late applications for persons hospitalized.
Absentee voting; emergency absentee voting byand late applications for persons hospitalized; definition of hospital.Amends the definition of hospital, for purposes of emergency absenteevoting by or late absentee ballot applications for persons who havebeen hospitalized, so that it is not limited to hospitals in Virginia,the District of Columbia, or a state contiguous to Virginia. Thebill also removes the requirement that a person submitting a lateabsentee ballot application due to the hospitalization of himselfor a member of his immediate family or to the death of a member ofhis immediate family must be absent from his county or city on electionday in order to be eligible for the late absentee ballot application.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1163) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB859ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB859) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — 38–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103568D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2020-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (SB859)
- 2020-01-14 Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-17 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-01-20 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2020-02-14 Assigned P & E sub: Elections
referral-committee - 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-21 Reported from Privileges and Elections (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-25 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-26 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-26 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-04 Enrolled
- 2020-03-05 Signed by President
- 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB859ER)
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1163 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b6f012f8-9c28-4867-9aa1-cea0405c7e62. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).